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  "id": 14329031,
  "title": "Employee arrested after listening device found in OpenAI conference room",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/employee-arrested-after-listening-device-found-in-openai-conference",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T00:32:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261014/employee-arrested-after-listening-device-found-in-openai-conference-room"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An engineer at OpenAI was arrested after a recording device was discovered in a company conference room, according to federal prosecutors. The 35-year-old Saudi national, Abdulrahman Alfozan, allegedly installed the device to record sensitive conversations about the company's technology. OpenAI confirmed the discovery of a \"sophisticated recording device\" and promptly informed the FBI, subsequently terminating Alfozan's employment. The FBI's investigation is ongoing, and the company remains committed to cooperating with the authorities.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials said Tuesday was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company's technology . The employee, identified as a 35-year-old Saudi national named Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested Friday, a week after the ChatGPT maker discovered an audio recording…",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Employee arrested after listening device found in OpenAI conference room, FBI and the company say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/employee-arrested-after-listening-device-found-in-openai-conference",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:13:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "OpenAI employee arrested and charged over hidden recording",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/openai-employee-arrested-and-charged-over-hidden-recording",
        "published": "2026-10-13T22:30:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "SecurityWeek",
        "title": "Employee Arrested After Listening Device Found in OpenAI Conference Room, FBI and the Company Say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/employee-arrested-after-listening-device-found-in-openai-conference-14313618",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:07:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Wired",
        "title": "An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/an-openai-employee-allegedly-used-a-chatbot-to-help-plant-a-recording",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:17:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Employee arrested after listening device found in OpenAI conference room",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/employee-arrested-after-listening-device-found-in-openai-conference-14332317",
        "published": "2026-10-14T00:52:03.000Z"
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